Miscanthus x giganteus
(elephant grass)

Miscanthus x giganteus (elephant grass) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species hybrid	Miscanthus x giganteus (elephant grass)
Tribe	Andropogoneae (millets & maizes)
Subfamily	PANICOIDEAE (millets & maizes)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Living Countryside		Miscanthus, its place in UK agriculture and farming	www.ukagriculture.com/crops/miscanthus.cfm

Miscanthus x giganteus (elephant grass) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Miscanthus x giganteus (elephant grass):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 31 images of Miscanthus x giganteus (elephant grass)

Grown as a crop for energy biomass, but there have been a number of field fires.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Identification Works

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)